NOW - Ireland's government deploys the Army to remove protesters' vehicles, as Deputy Commissioner Shawna Coxon warns truckers, farmers, and business owners protesting fuel prices and taxes, that they must "immediately cease blockades… or face the full rigors of the law."
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2042202275423097304
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JD Vance will head the U.S. negotiating team for the peace talks with Iran on Saturday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday. Axios
Even as the U.S. and Iran seek to cement a ceasefire, Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbors in preparation for a long, drawn-out conflict across the Middle East. Israel's creation of "buffer zones" in Gaza, Syria and now Lebanon reflects a strategic shift after the attacks of October 7, 2023, one that puts the country in a semi-permanent state of war. RTRS
Vance said Wednesday Israel has proposed to restrain itself when it comes to strikes in Lebanon as long as the negotiations between the U.S. and Iran are taking place. Axios
The White House is considering a plan to punish some members of the NATO alliance that President Trump thinks were unhelpful to the U.S. and Israel during the Iran war, according to administration officials. The proposal would involve moving U.S. troops out of North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries deemed unhelpful to the Iran war effort and stationing them in countries that were more supportive. WSJ
EU will still be hit by a “stagflationary shock” of low growth and rising inflation despite the US and Iran agreeing a two-week ceasefire, the bloc’s top economic official has warned. FT
BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said that Japan’s finance conditions remain accommodative, with the level of real rates clearly below zero. BBG
The US is said to be considering lifting sanctions on Venezuela’s central bank to facilitate the flow of billions of dollars into the country’s economy. BBG
Wealthy investors attempted to pull more than $20bn from private credit funds in the first quarter, underscoring the growing strain on the asset class. Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. The funds tracked by the FT, which collectively manage investment portfolios worth about $300bn, have honored just over half of the redemption requests they received. Many investors have been forced to wait until a redemption window opens up later this quarter to exit. FT
The Trump administration will likely extend its waiver of sanctions on Russian oil this week, former Treasury and State Department officials said — teeing up a similar move on Iranian oil. Semafor
World Bank forecasts global growth for 2027 at 2.4%, while it said investment remains subdued as firms await clearer signals on the external environment and domestic policy, which it called a binding constraint on growth.
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2042213447111250165
NOW - UK Defense secretary says 3 Russian submarines were in UK waters, "To President Putin I say, we see you, we see your activity over our cables and our pipelines, and you should know that any attempt to damage them will not be tolerated and will have serious consequences."
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2042201949257244970
Pope Leo XIV was half an hour late for his audience with the Italian Winter Olympic and Paralympic committees because he was meeting with David Alexrod, Obama’s chief strategist, this morning.
https://x.com/CatholicSat/status/2042192155070853483
Stewart Thomson: For a look at currency market reality, please see the chart below. As rates rise, the debt-funded US government must borrow even more fiat to finance itself. It also must blame more innocent global citizens for its own financial failure and try to steal what those citizens have.
Ancient Rome’s government turned into pirates when their debt went out of control, and the same thing is happening to America’s government now.
In a nutshell:
Fiat is the money of government ding-a-lings and gold is the money of global citizen kings.
What are the best price zones for citizens to get more gold?
https://x.com/goldseek/status/2042216127154016710
they'll be fine
Canada is toast.
We need to build a big beautiful northern border wall immediately.
https://x.com/C_3C_3/status/2042242026280755624
kmao
NDP MP Leah Gazan condemns Budget 2026 for cutting $7B from Indigenous Services Canada and Crown Indigenous relations.
"They provided $0 to deal with the ongoing genocide of MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+," she said.
"Rates of violence are increasing, and the PM is turning a blind eye."
https://x.com/junonewscom/status/2041935722140332120
Wisconsin's liberal Supreme Court majority 🇺🇸
https://x.com/TheDemocrats/status/2041885058215116983
>The Emperor's palace was the wonder of the world
wonder how many people they stole from to make that happen
kek minus all the muslims and jeets flying in…..good job broskis
Rep. Jeffries: “When you attack diversity, equity, and inclusion, you attack the United States of America.”
https://x.com/ImMeme0/status/2042249605664895361